Purchasing contract or scheduling agreement business flow

Hi everyone!
My user asked me if it is possible to use contract or scheduling agreement instead of purchase order for blanket order? (Bulk order, but staggered delivery throughout the year, upon an agreed price).
I know that SAP have contract and scheduling agreement functions but as far as I am aware, we still have to create PO refer to scheduling agreement or contract. I also noticed that in MIGO and MIRO, both the reference document happens to be purchase order. So, how are my users going to do the MIRO and MIGO for scheduling agreement?
Is there anything I can do in config to allow users to do MIGO and MIRO with reference to scheduling agreement instead of purchase order?
Thank you in advance.
Anisah

You can use SA docuemnt to do MIGO and MIRO as SAP standard process.
Create the SA document and schedule line for the SA document and the you can go MIGO.
Regards
Bhima

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What is setps to crete the Sub contracting with Scheduling agreement .

Hi All,
what is setps to crete the Sub contracting with Scheduling agreement and up to migo
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HAPPY

hi
firstly set the SPRO> MM>Purchasing>set up Subcontractor order>assigning plants to the delivery documet LB
check following in system
1. Shipping point created properly
2. Shipping point has been assigned to the appropriate plant.
3. Maintain shipping conditions in customer master
4. Maintain loading group in material master
5. Assignment of customer to vendor master
then try following process
1. Create a subcontracting Purchase Order (ME21N)
u2022Click on u201CMaterial Datau201D tab under u201CItem detailsu201D and then click on u201CComponentsu201D to view the components / make changes.
u2022Account Assignment and Item Category are usually blank in a subcontracting PO.
2. Delivery of components to subcontracting vendor (ME2O)
u2022Enter selection parameters like vendor and plant and click on Execute.
u2022Select the desired line, click on Create Delivery and a delivery will be created.
3. Post Goods Issue (VL02N)
u2022The movement type is usually 541.
4. Post Goods Receipt (MIGO)
5. Logistics Invoice Verification (MIRO)
*check out the doc i given in previous reply it is for SUBCONTRACT with SA *
regards
kunal

Diff btwn contracts and scheduling agreements????

hi buddies.....
i have facing this question in lot of interviews but cant able to answer properly....
plz gimme some interview point of view answers...
thanks in advance...
venkatesh.v

Outline agreements in procurement can be 2 types:
Contracts or Scheduling agreements.
Contract is where you have a contract with the vendor,may be a for a predetermined quantity or predefined value. So everytime you need the matl, you need to make PO ref the contract asking for the delivery of the matl. In such instance when PO is ref with contract its called contract release orders or call off orders.
Scheduling agreement is a long term purchase agreement, where you will keep issuing the delivery schedules whenever there is a change in requirement or at predetermined time intervals. The delivery schedule can be on hour/daily/weekly/monthly basis. But it will contain different zones viz. firm/tradeoff/Forecast. Firm zone schedules are confirmed requirement and need to be taken by ordered party. Tradeoff zone requirement is to purchase the raw materails and ordering party is liable to pay raw material cost, in case of requirement cancellation. Forecast zone requirement is to help the vendor to plan his requirements.
SA is also an agreement with the vendor for the supply of matl, may be a quanity or value. The delivery dates will be maintained in ME38 ref the SA which are called delivery schedules.So you can maintain the delivery schedule and communicate the vendor on Forecase basis or JIT basis. And when you need some more matl then will only create SA deliveries using ME38. SA could be of 2 types:- without release documentation-system will transmit the delivery info to the vendor once you save the document.
With release documentation- after creating the delivery schedules you need to create SA release using ME84.
The main difference between contract and SA is volume of docs generated would be higher in contract since everytime you need to make a PO ref the contract and its time consuming, whereas SA can be integrated with MRP such that it automatically creates delivery schedules during MRP run provided if there is a requirement to the matl.
Visit : http://help.sap.com/saphelp_srm30/helpdata/en/7d/0a093f7c392e5ae10000000a114084/content.htm

Contract or scheduling agreement

Hi friends,
Given a scenario,
how can i decide , whether to use contract or scheduling Agreement.
after reading sap help, i am confused, it gave little difference between both.
Can some one please tell me on what factor or basis , i should decide on Contract or SA.
Thanks.

With regard to Outline Agreement:
1. You can create the centrally contract (cross-plant) where you can maintain different pricing conditions for each and every plant
2. You have to create the Release Order with reference to Outline Agreement.
3. No detailed delivery schedule can be made in the Release Order.
4. No Release documentation is created.
5. Only time-dependent conditions can be created.
6. Some Item Category 'M' and 'W' can be used.
With regard to Scheduling Agreement:
1. The Plant Location must be entered in the Scheduling Agreement.
2. We do not have to create any other purchasing document except for delivery schedule line via Transaction ME38 or MRP running (with the appropriate setting of Source List).
3. Delivery Schedule line items are created subject to your specific requirement.
4. Can create both Scheduling Agreement with and without Release Documentation (subject to the Document Type LP or LPA) with the selection of either FRC or JIT delivery schedule.
5. Either time-dependent or time-independent conditions can be created subject to the customizing in the Document Type of the Scheduling Agreement.
6. Item Category 'M' and 'W' can not be used.
In Other Words Scheduling Agreement is Purely Time Framed. For Eg : Take Automobile Industry. Suppose there is a Requirement of 1000 Auto parts on Every month 1 day based on the Production. Then Using SA they can solve their Problem. A SA Should be created first and Later Delivery Schedule should be maintained in ME38. Based on the Schedule Lines Vendor will send the parts every Month. No Need to give any Release Order etc. It will Reduce the Paper work & Procurement Length.
Regards,
Ashok

Regarding : Contracts and Scheduling Agreements

Hi All SAP Proffessionals,
Can anybody tell me what do we mean by Contracts/Scheduling Agreements?

Hi Mahesh,
A contract is a type of outline purchase agreement against which release orders (releases) can be issued for agreed materials or services as and when required during a certain overall time-frame.
Contracts are of two types:
1. Quantity contracts - Use this type of contract if the total quantity to be ordered during the validity period of the contract is
known in advance.
2. Value contracts - Use this type of contract if the total value of all release orders issued against the contract is not to exceed a certain predefined value.
But a scheduling agreement is a form of outline purchase agreement under which materials are procured on predetermined dates within a certain time period. A scheduling agreement consists of a number of items, for each of which a procurement type is defined. The
The following are the procurement types:
- Standard
- Subcontracting
- Consignment
- Stock transfer
Delivery of the total quantity of material specified in a scheduling agreement item is spread over a certain period in a delivery schedule, consisting of lines indicating the individual quantities with their corresponding planned delivery dates.
Contracts and Scheduling Agreement transaction codes:
Transaction codes:
Contracts: ME31K to ME35K
Scheduling agreements: ME31L to ME35L.
Please award if helps!
Thanks!
preethi.

Report for purchase requisition, purchase order and schedulling agreement.

Hi, thanks for your help.
I need a report or query just to view in one screen the related docs. as purchase requisition, purchase order and schedulling agreement.
I don´t know if there is a table or trx. with that information.
Is it possible to get that information via query ?
Thanks for your help.
Regards.

For PR and PO you can use ME5A
For PR and Scheduling agreements also you can use ME5A.

Difference between Purchase Order and Scheduling Agreement

Can any one explain the main differences between a Purchase Order and a Scheduling Agreement?
Thanks in advance

Hi,
A Purchase Order is a document that is given to Vendor to indicate our intention to buy goods from them. It contains what is the desired goods, how much quantity, price, and the delivery date, among other things.
A standard procurement cycle for this is:
PR --> PO --> GR --> IV
A Scheduling Agreement however, is a type of an Outline Agreement. Outline Agreements are divided into 2, first one is Contracts and second is Scheduling Agreement. So this is basically a long term agreement with a particular vendor that contains details on what is the desired goods, quantity, and the exact delivery dates.
A standard cycle for this is:
PR --> Create Scheduling Agreement --> Maintain Delivery Schedule (agreed dates on when vendor will send the goods and time) --> GR --> IV
As you can see, for Scheduling Agreement, PO is not required, but instead we would need to Maintain Delivery Schedule.
Just to share on Contracts, it appears as below:
PR --> Contract Creation --> PO --> GR --> IV
Regards,
Nazrin

The uses of PO - Contract and Schedule Agreements

Dear friends !
does anyone knows the differences between
1 - PO
2 - Contract
3 - Sched.Agreement
The integration with MRP and other modules ?
We need this to start an study on use this documents in our enterprise.
best regards
Ale

PO is a it's a legal purchasing document used for procuring goods/services from Vendor..
there are various account assignments & Item catogeroies
combinations for which you can procure..
Contract:- It is called outline agreement and used for procurement for longer duration, as it provides you to get discounts based on your requirement.
Sched.Agreement: It is also called outline agreement, used for for procurement for longer duration on specified delivery periods..
The diff between Contract & SA is that ,
for Contract there is no specified time.. we give only period..
ex: I say I need 100 tons of steel from period 01/01/2008 to 31/12/2008..
I may procure the steel as and when required or I may procure
the total Qty of steel on 31/12/2008.
But the SA will have diff schedules for delivery of the material..
we will define the dates & time at which the material needs to be delivered in the SA itself...
The integration with MRP and other modules ?
MRP is an integration between PP & MM

Contracts VS Scheduling Agreements

I have a situation where the business scenarios are totally absorbed within both the Contract and SA document type, but only 1 is to be pursued.
Can someone pls tell me the distinct adv of one over another?
I have done some rudimentary searches and have the basics but I would appreciate more thorough and exhaustive reasons for selection.
sample req:
Documents must be long term, releases issued against the outline agreement, deliveries are a nice to have but can be tied to whenever release scheduled, quantity not of importance but effective supply is, no need for PPV to be measured just so long as deliveries are made by lead time.
Thanks - macj

In that case you have to have schedulling agreement is better soltion

Contract To Scheduling Agreements

Planning to link SD Quantity Contracts to Scheduling agremeents and would like to know the copy controls to be used and also, like to understand the issues. Will appreciate quick reply.
Thnak you,
Renu

Hi,
We have used the similar set of requirement. which has to create sch.agreement wrt:Quantity contract.
As in std, this combination is not given. But you can create your own copy control settings, between Qtty contrract - sch.agreement.
eg:VTAA
To Maintain copy controls - Copy from QT - OR settings, in place of OR- maintain "ZLP" - new sch.agreement doc type.
based on requirement do the changes accordingly such as,
Update document flow
Pricing type
copying requirements etcc.,
Note: Availability check doesnt support in Sch.agreement.
Regards,
ReazuddinMd

Update purchasing group in scheduling agreements

Hi gurus,
I'm trying to update purchasing group field in scheduling agreements, which are time-independent (EKKO-STAKO = ' ').
In my environment, I'm not authorized to use CALL TRANSACTION statement.
If possible, I'd need a way that works both in 4.6c and 6.0 versions.
I have tried several options, but none works:
-BAPI_SAG_CHANGE: "Scheduling agreements with time-independent conditions are not supported" (OSS note 1046794) (Also, this is not available in 4.6c)
-BAPI_SCHEDULE_MAINTAIN: "Scheduling agreements with time-independent conditions are not supported" (OSS note 1046794) (Also, this is not available in 4.6c)
-BAPI_AGREEMENT_MAINTAIN: Does not have the possibility to change field 'purchasing group'. (Moreover, it internally performs a CALL TRANSACTION).
-ME_UPDATE_AGREEMENT_PO: I've been not able to change field 'purchasing group'.
I'd be grateful about any hint. Thanks in advance!

In case it is useful for anyone else, I have solved the problem using:
CALL FUNCTION 'ME_UPDATE_DOCUMENT'
Thanks anyway!

Modification in MEDRUCK for purchase order, RFQ, scheduling agreement.....

Hi all
I have requirment in which i have to modify standard script MEDRUCK for PO, RFQ, SCHEDULING AGREEMENT, AND QUANTITY CHART.
I know how to modify standard layouts but after modifying layouts what to do next??
How can i use same medruck script for RFQ, SCHEDULING AGREE, AND QUANTITY CONTRACT.
help me out!!!!!!!!!!

hai manisha,
Actually SAP Clubbed all the requriments And Made one FORM for one bussiness scenario.
So Depending On The Transaction That We Are Running System Will Automatically Triggers Particular Type.
So Take A Copy Of Medruck For Each Document That U have To Do.
Then Run Respective Transactions Then According to that configure NACE.
In NACE transaction, We will assign the Form name and the driver program name and the corresponding routine to be triggered in the driver program.
We should be able to tell the system to pick up the desired form layout and trigger the routine and get the data from the database and put it on to the form. All these stuff the system will come to know from the NACE settings.
NACE is used to create output type while creating the output type you will mention forms, and driver program.
that will be maintained in the table TNAPR.if you create the output type using NACE then it will be automatically visible in table NAST and TNAPR.
so check in NAST, TNAPR table
You can view all forms and driver programs for standard SAP Scripts.
Assigning Form and Driver proram to an Output type is as follows.
1) Go to NACE transaction
2) Select an Applicatin(V1-Sales,V2-Shipping,V3-Billing)
3) Click on Outputtypes Button
4) Comes to Change Mode
5) Click on New Entries button
6) Specify Output type,Form name and Program and Save it.
Check these links
/people/venkata.ramisetti/blog/2006/09/21/configuring-output-types-for-pdf-based-print-forms
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2005/helpdata/en/c8/1989fe43b111d1896f0000e8322d00/frameset.htm
Condition records in NACE?
IF Found Helpfull Do Reward.
Regards.
Eshwar.

Archiving Purchasing documents particularly scheduling agreements

Hi ,
I need to archive scheduling agreements.
Kindly let me know the process for archiving it.
I have tried using SARA and the object MM_EKKO but the agreement number which i try to archive returns the message , no data selection found.
Thanks in advance,

Hi ,
The steps followed are :
goto SARA.
1. select object MM_EKKO.
2. Then goto "maintain variant". Input the scheduling agreement number. Save the variant.
3. Start the program by clicking START DATE and SPOOL PARAMETERS.
4.This is how i start the write process.
5. The message NO DATA CORRESPONDING TO SELECTION FOUND is received after the write process.
Kindly suggest a way to resolve this.
The scheduling agreement has been deleted i.e. the line item has been marked for deletion.
Edited by: Vinayak Venkatesh on May 1, 2010 6:46 PM

Global contract and scheduling agreements

Hi,
Is it possible to create Global contract independent of company code
Then release subsequent contracts with ref.to global with each company code.
Has anybody worked on this scenario? Please help
I need details with config settings.
BR
Raju

Hi,
Thanks for your reply.
In my scenario, i need to create the contract independent of company codes and release the orders against the company codes.
I created a central purchasing organisation (did not assigned to any company codes), but while creating the contract, system is asking for the company code to enter saying that, the purchasing org. XXXX
not been assigned to a CoCode. Please enter a company code.
Please help me on this issue.
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Contracts or Schedulling agreements.

HI
Which would be better to use for the following if in our example we have the following
The rates are fixed based on the following.
1)Delivery Days
2)Delivery Type u2013 Low Value or maybe High value
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